Groundwater Resources Project Manager

EKI Environment & Water Inc•Arvada, CO

7d•$120,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

EKI Environment & Water, Inc. (EKI) is an employee-owned, full service, engineering and environmental sciences consulting firm serving private- and public-sector clients throughout the United States. The Groundwater Resource Project Manager position reports to the Colorado Regional Director and is responsible for project management and technical oversight of ongoing projects with municipal and industrial water users primarily throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region but will support projects across EKI’s footprint as needed and will be responsible for managing projects from initial project planning through feasibility analyses, design, implementation, and completion. Projects include Colorado water rights engineering, groundwater basin characterization, water budgets and water accounting frameworks, groundwater-flow and constituent transport modeling, water supply planning, production well design, indirect and direct potable reuse planning, litigation support, and more.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydrology, Geology, Earth Sciences, or related field
Minimum of six (6) years of experience, with eight (8) or more years desirable, as an engineer or hydrogeologist for water resources projects
Two (2) or more years of project management experience.
Technical knowledge in numerical groundwater modeling (e.g., MODFLOW, IWFM, etc.), water resources planning, data management and visualization, ArcGIS, and technical writing
Knowledge of Colorado groundwater permitting and water rights frameworks, including Denver Basin hydrology and hydrogeology
Must have effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with clients, subconsultants, regulatory agencies, and members of the public as may be necessary to accomplish assigned objectives
Must have ability to conduct work in a manner consistent with EKI’s values – Integrated Solutions, Responsiveness, Ingenuity, Quality, Results.
Must have a current valid driver’s license

Nice To Haves

Master's degree preferred
Master's degree, and Professional Registration, or more than 12 years of demonstrated professional experience where Professional Registration is not available for degree, is desirable
Proficiency with Python or R, and Surfer is preferred
Datacenter water development experience preferred but not required

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and manage the development of project deliverables to ensure timely delivery, technical quality, and within budget
Maintain and strengthen relationships with critical clients across the Rocky Mountain region
Support proposal development including developing technical scopes of work and fee estimates to complete
Oversee the installation of high capacity production wells including the development of specifications packages, driller procurement, well drilling and installation, geophysical logging, well development, aquifer testing, and pump installations
Oversee development and/or implementation of hydrogeologic conceptual models, water balances, numerical models, well siting, and groundwater recharge studies
Interpret technical analysis results and form conclusions
Execute multiple concurrent projects efficiently
Prepare project deliverables including technical reports and memorandums, PowerPoint presentations, and digital deliverables such as story maps.
Prepare effective presentations that communicate complex technical problems in an effective and efficient manner to a broad audience
Coordinate and facilitate meetings with the client and external parties
Maintain project schedules and budgets, and prepare monthly progress reports and invoices.
Provide quality assurance and quality control on and review of project deliverables
Other duties as required